Database reliability
Performance, availability, backup and recovery, security, and operational job health for production database systems.
How we scope it →Databases · Reliability · Modernization
Database reliability and modernization for business-critical systems.
We stabilize, modernize, and operate SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and cloud database platforms — along with the reporting, automation, and operational workflows that depend on them.
Engagements address difficult migrations, availability failures, performance bottlenecks, fragile reporting, and recurring manual work. Each is led by a senior database practitioner with decades of production experience.
No unnecessary platform replacement. No vague scope. The work, controls, and acceptance criteria are defined before execution.
Or browse the free SQL Server tools hub — wait stats, blocking chains, deadlocks, missing indexes, backup RTO/RPO, and a health-score card. No email required.
Three practices
Every engagement fits one of these. Scoped in writing, delivered by the practitioner who did the assessment.
Modernization & migration
Controlled platform moves — cross-platform conversion, cloud migration, dependency discovery, parity validation, and cutover planning with rollback preserved.
How we scope it →Reporting & data automation
Reporting, data movement, and recurring operational workflows — with governed automation and AI applied where it produces a measurable benefit.
How we scope it →Productized engagements
Fixed-scope entry points. Fees are quoted in writing after a 30-minute scoping call; the Health Check Lite starts at $1,500.
- Database Health Check Starting at $1,500
- Performance Tuning Sprint 2-4 weeks · fixed fee
- Migration to Cloud Scoped project · fixed fee
- AI-Ready Data Access 2-4 weeks · fixed fee
- Opportunity Validation Sprint 2-4 weeks · fixed scope
- AI Content Operations Platform Project + optional managed ops
Plus an ongoing DBA retainer that pairs with any of the engagements above — a senior DBA on call without a full-time hire.
Recent work
All case studies →AI-accelerated SQL Server → MySQL modernization
An AI-assisted migration factory — inventory, intent extraction, governed rewrites, and row-level parity — moving a 300-plus-item queue behind human approval gates.
Read →End-to-end SQL infrastructure management
A multi-environment SQL Server estate run as a controlled platform — buildout, refresh controls, job health, performance, and recovery to documented standards.
Read →Deal-sourcing signal engine — validated before it was built
A blind adversarial panel rejected the premise 3-for-3, reframed the market window, and gated the build — a bad idea priced to die for under $1,000.
Read →Who we work with
Local businesses
Restaurants, garages, dental offices, contractors, and retailers where the same manual steps show up every week — and the systems underneath (QuickBooks, POS, scheduling) need to stay fast and backed up. The Health Check Lite is still the door — starting at $1,500, one week — or start with the free self-assessment.
Based in Ossining, NY — serving Westchester and the lower Hudson Valley: Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Pleasantville, Chappaqua, Yorktown Heights.
Mid-market operators
Teams where slow reports, fragile pipelines, or downtime cost real money. We bring senior DBA depth to the production databases you already run — with compliance-aware practice (SOC 2, PCI DSS, SOX) when audits matter. See how these engagements run.
Remote, anywhere in the U.S.
Growth projects
See growth projects →Alongside the database practice we take on a focused set of remote, fixed-fee growth projects — customer reactivation, review sentiment, loyalty, vendor and COGS tracking — built from data you already collect.